Off The Shelf.
Waaaay back in Blogtober I mentioned I was going to write a post about the books I've been reading this year. The sharp eyed among you will have noticed that it never materialized. Well, I've finally managed to get round to writing it! Better late than never, as they say. I should start by saying that for me it's been an odd year for reading; I was into it quite strongly still at the beginning of the year, but then my interest waned somewhat and I even started reading a few books and not finishing them! In fact, I gave up quite quickly on some of them. (Does that make them duff purchases or was it simply the wrong time for me to be reading them?) And to make matters worse, I seem to have fallen back into the habit of spending too much time on the internet at night, which of course is not helped by it being nearly Christmas and yours truly being chief online searcher and buyer for pretty much everyone else! The first book I finished reading this year was "B